Annotated Ashtavakra Gita Large Print Edition
Annotated Ashtavakra Gita Large Print Edition There is little doubt though that it is very old, probably dating back to the days of the classic Vedanta period. Apart from that the work speaks for…
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Annotated Ashtavakra Gita Large Print Edition
There is little doubt though that it is very old, probably dating back to the days of the classic Vedanta period. Apart from that the work speaks for itself. The Sanskrit style and the doctrine expressed would seem to warrant this assessment.The work was known, appreciated and quoted by Ramakrishna and his disciple Vivekananda, as well as by Ramana Maharshi, while Radhakrishnan always refers to it with great respect.
The legends state that sage Aruni, mentioned in the Chandogya Upaniṣad, ran a school (Asrama) teaching the Vedas. It presents the traditional teachings of Vedanta with a clarity and power very rarely matched.Little is known about the life or century in which Ashtavakra actually lived, except for the accounts found in the major Indian Epics (the Ramayana and the Mahabharata) and the Puranas. Kahoḍa was one of his students, along with Aruni's